₹1 crore compensation promised by the Delhi government to healthcare workers who have died battling covid-19 is yet to reach the kin of the deceased.
Gandhi responded saying that he would take up the issue by writing to the concerned authorities.India currently has 5,85,760 covid-19 cases and 1,74,08 people have succumbed to the highly infectious disease.
While India has a shortage of nurses, the working community is overworked, underpaid and often undervalued, forcing thousands of them to migrate overseas every year in search of a better pay.In India, nurses and doctors are losing lives during covid-19 pandemic due to various reasons ranging from lack of PPE, and are at high risk of contracting the infection.